Being the generations of the Dants. From England, possibly through France,
to St Mary's Co., Maryland, and finally to Georgetown, and Washington, DC.
Generation 8: (?)
father: John Tant d. 1702
mother: Margaret Bloomfield d. 1725/26
children:
James b. before 1670 m1. Mary Tattershall m2 Mary Heard
Ann b. before 1688, d. before 1708 m. Mark Lampton, Jr
Mary b. bef 1668, d after 1725 m. John Manning
Winifred
Jane (Jean)b. bef 1702, d 1725/33 m1. John Angel, m2. Richard Thompson
Margaret b. bef 1702, d. after 1739 m. Walter Pye
Mark
Elizabeth
unborn child?
Generation 7:(?)
father: James Tant b. before 1670
m1. Mary Tattershall
d. before 10/14/1717
mother: Mary Tattershall
children:
John Dant m. Eleanor (Elinor) Nevit
Ann Tant m. George Medley
Generation 6:
father: John Dant of St. Mary's Co, Md b.~1710?
m. Elinor Nevit after 17 Mar 1722/23
d. October 1763
mother: Elinor Mills Nevit of St. Mary's Co, Md
children:
John Baptist Dant of Bardstown b.1745 in SMC, MD
d. 01 Feb 1808 in Washington Co., Ky
Mary Dant Mills of Bardstown, Ky b. 1 Sept 1736 in SMC, Md
m. Justinian Mills 26 Oct 1751
d. 18 Feb 1814
Ann Dant Spalding m1. Edward Spalding
m2. Edward Power
Joseph Francis Xavior Dant of Georgetown, Md
m. Martha Sheircliff before 26 May 1789
Charles Dant m. Mary Ann Greenwell 1770
d. 1804 in Nelson Co., Ky
Mary Ann Dant m. Abraham Rhodes 21 May 1784
d. 1790 in SMC, Md
Generation 6:
father: Thomas Sheircliff of St. Charles Co., Md. d. ~24 May 1791
mother:
children:
Ann Sheircliff Sheirburne
Mary Sheircliff Clements
Martha Sheircliff Dant
Catharine Sheircliff
Generation 5:
father: Joseph Francis X. Dant b. ~ 1740 ? St. Mary's Co
d. after 10 April 1800 (?) Georgetown, Md
mother: Martha Sheircliff b. ~ 1770 ? St. Mary's Co? Charles Co?
d. after 10 April 1800 (?) Georgetown, Md
children:
Thomas Dant b. 1790 m. Martha B. Outteridge of England, d. before 1863
William Dant b. 1791 m. Susan Fenwick 4 May 1814 d. 8 June 1855
Mary Dant Willett b. 14 June 1798 m. Samuel Willett d. 1875
Joseph Francis Dant b. 4 March 1800 m1. Harriet Davis
m2. Sarah Belanger
Generation 5:
father: Richard Fenwick d. 26 March 1829
m. 15 June 1784 in Anne Arundel Co. (if Welch is correct)
mother: Anne (Welch?) d. 22 July 1830
children:
Betsy m. William Simmons
Richard Washington b. 1798 d. 29 Oct 1932
Margaret (Peggy) m. -- Farland
Susan b 1798(?) 1795 (?) m. William Dant 4 May 1814 d. 10 Oct 1867
Robert
Benjamine
Polly m. -- Hopkins (?)
Generation 4:
father: William Dant of the Federal City b. 14 June 1791 St Charles Co
m. Susan Fenwick 4 May 1814
d. 8 June 1855
mother: Susan Fenwick Dant b. 1795?
d. 10 Oct 1867
children:
Francis Xavior Dant of DC m. Mary Ann Sewall
Mary Ann m. John Hurley
Aloisius b. June 1819 d. 14 Mar 1820
Benjamine Aloisius b. 3 Mar 1821 d. -- 1821
Richard
Amanda Jane m. James French
William Elexius Dant m. Sarah Jane Beardsley
Rosella m. Thomas Fitnam, Jr.
George Washington m. Mary L. Young
Clotilda Virginia m. Thomas Cassell
Joseph Marcellus m. "Ciss" (Howard?)
Laura m. Samuel Cox
Generation 4:
father: - Joseph Beardsley of Dublin?, Ireland
mother: - Katherine Attridge of Cork?
children: Sara Jane Beardsley Dant
Generation 3:
father: William Elexius Dant b. 28 Oct 1829 in Georgetown, DC
m. Sara Jane Beardsley ~1851
Dant(e) as of 1860
d. 15 June 1908
mother: Sara Jane Beardsley b. 1835 in Ireland
d. 19 May 1883 in DC
children:
Katherine Virginia
Alverda Susan m Herbert Erasmus Woodward
Frank Bennett m Sarah Belle Gifford
Clara Josephine m Capt John Alexander Miller (really Atteridge)
Louise Mary
William Joseph m M. Ardelia Scheele
Henry Mathiew
Fenwick Sylvester d at 2 yrs 7 mo of age.
Generation 2:
father: William J Dante of DC b. 15 Nov 1866
m. Mabel Ardelia Scheele 31 July 1907
d. 7 Sept 1937
mother: Mabel Ardelia Scheele of Georgetown, DC
b. 8 Aug 1874
d. 18 Jan 1963
3 children: